In this Global Ed Talk, NCEE CEO Anthony Mackay speaks with Bob Schwartz, professor at Harvard University and co-founder of the Pathways to Prosperity network, about what America needs to do to update its CTE system to match leading countries around the world.

In this interview, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Jal Mehta argues that our current system of schools—designed in the early 20th century industrial era—need to become modern organizations capable of supporting deeper learning for all students.

Mackay and Schleicher discuss the OECD study which explores how students are developing reading skills to navigate the technology filled world of the 21st century.

For the first Global Ed Talks interview of 2021, Anthony Mackay is joined by James Pellegrino, founding co-director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) interdisciplinary Learning Sciences Research Institute, and member of NCEE’s Board of Trustees.

In the final Global Ed Talks of 2020, Anthony Mackay is joined by John White, co-founder and board chairman of Propel America and member of NCEE’s Board of Trustees.

This webinar from October 27, 2020 featured the OECD's Andreas Schleicher and NCEE's Anthony Mackay in a discussion focused on findings from the sixth and final volume of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 results.

In October 2020, NCEE and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hosted a webinar centered on the findings from the recently released report, Effective Policies, Successful Schools, and what they mean for the U.S.

In December of 2019, the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher, the U.S. Department of Education’s Peggy Carr, and NCEE’s Anthony Mackay took an in-depth look at the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 results and lessons they provide for U.S. policy makers and education leaders.